MELBOURNE, Australia — Serena Williams won her 19th Grand Slam title and continued her unbeaten run in six Australian Open finals by extending her decade-long domination of Maria Sharapova. She struggled with a hacking cough, she was sick, and she twice celebrated too early, but she held her composure in a 6-3, 7-6 (5) victory on Saturday. On her third match point, she let her racket go before hearing a let call to what she thought was an ace. "I thought, 'Wow this is it, I did it, only to hear let. I was like, 'OK, Serena!'" she said. "I was very disappointed, because Maria was playing so well. I thought she's going to try to hit a winner...

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